Tarek El Moussa insisted his 16-year-old daughter “deserved” the luxurious automobile he gave her.
The “Flip or Flop” alum defended teaming up along with his ex-wife Christina Haack, in addition to his present spouse Heather El Moussa, to deal with his and Haack’s daughter Taylor to a $150,000 BMW X5.
El Moussa shared Taylor’s accomplishments throughout his look on the “Cash Rehab” podcast on Wednesday, together with incomes a 4.2 GPA and being MVP of his freshman soccer crew.
“She’s a completely unbelievable child and she or he not solely obtained it. She deserved it and, in case you ask me, she deserved it as a result of she labored very, very arduous and did not even ask for this automobile,” Tarek mentioned.
The TV character famous that Taylor would have “been proud of a used Honda,” however that the BMW was truly extra for his peace of thoughts.
“This factor is constructed like a tank,” he marveled, including, “She’s in a protected automobile and she or he loves it.”
Tarek insisted that his daughter was not “a spoiled brat” and that he was already liable for her monetary future by investing her in shares and actual property her complete life.
“She was flying in personal jets when she was 1 yr previous, OK, so this little one, she grew up with all that,” he identified. “So after I grew up, I did not have something, proper? So I am obsessive about issues as a result of I by no means had issues.”
“She all the time had issues,” he continued. “So she sees issues in another way than I do.”
Seems this is not the primary time Tarek has been beneficiant with a automobile. Host Christina Lapin was in disbelief as he recalled shopping for Heather a white Ferrari on their second date, after she informed him it was his dream automobile.
“On the third date, she moved in,” he boasted.
In August, Tarek posted a video on Instagram stunning Taylor with the costly silver SUV alongside Heather and Haack.
Taylor reacted in shock, wiping away tears as she exclaimed, “Oh my God!”
Tarek captioned the video: “What’s extra of a shock…the automobile for Taylor or the truth that all three of us made it? 😂 The automobile is so nicely deserved, we love you a lot Tay.”
Tarek, 45, and Haack, 43, additionally share son Brayden, 11. The 2 had been married for seven years earlier than splitting in 2016.
Even after their cut up, they continued to co-host their HGTV present, “Flip or “Flop,” till the present led to 2022 after 10 seasons.
Tarek married Heather, 39, in October 2021. He and the “Promoting Sundown” star welcomed their son Tristan, 3, in 2023.
In July, Heather responded to a “impolite” social media follower who requested her what it felt prefer to by no means have to fret about cash.
“We weren’t born for cash,” she mentioned of her and her husband. “Tarek and I, individually and collectively, have labored very arduous to get to the place we’re immediately.”